# 癢

| 癢 | U+7662, &#30306; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7662 |
| ← 癡 [U+7661] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 癣 → [U+7663] |

## Translingual
### Han character

癢 (Kangxi radical 104, 疒+15, 20 strokes, cangjie input 大廿人女 (KTOV), four-corner 0013$_2$, composition ⿸疒養)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 782, character 31
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22602
* Dae Jaweon: page 1191, character 33
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2702, character 7
* Unihan data for U+7662

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 鯗 | *slaŋʔ |
| 養 | *laŋʔ, *laŋs |
| 癢 | *laŋʔ |
| 瀁 | *laŋʔ, *laŋs |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *laŋʔ) : semantic 疒 (“illness”) + phonetic 養 (OC *laŋʔ, *laŋs).

### Etymology

Probably from Proto-Sino-Tibetan, though the exact etymon is unclear. Compare Tibetan གཡའ (g.ya', “to itch”), Jingpho kaya (“to itch”), Burmese ယား (ya:, “to itch”), Japhug rɤʑa (“to itch”) (Schuessler, 2007; Baxter and Sagart, 2017; Zhang, Jacques and Lai, 2019), which STEDT derives from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-ja (“to itch”). Also compare Lepcha ᰚᰭ (yak, “to itch”) (Schuessler, 2007), which STEDT derives from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-sak (“to itch”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): yǎng (yang$^3$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˇ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): yang$^3$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): joeng$^5$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): yiang$^4$
* Gan (Wiktionary): iong$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): yông
    (Meixian, Guangdong): yong$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): ion$^2$
* Northern Min (KCR): ciòng / iǒ̤ng
* Eastern Min (BUC): siông / siòng / iōng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chiūⁿ / chiǔⁿ / chiōⁿ / chiāuⁿ / ióng / iáng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ziên$^6$ / zion$^6$ / iang$^6$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$yan
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ian$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yǎng
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yǎng
*** Wade–Giles: yang$^3$
*** Yale: yǎng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeang
*** Palladius: ян (jan)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɑŋ²¹⁴/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: yang$^3$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: iang
*** Sinological IPA : /iaŋ⁵³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: joeng$^5$
*** Yale: yéuhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: joeng$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yêng$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /jœːŋ¹³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: yiang$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiaŋ²¹/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: iong$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /iɔŋ²¹³/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yông
*** Hakka Romanization System: iong$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yong$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /i̯oŋ²⁴/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yông
*** Hakka Romanization System: (r)iong$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yong$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯oŋ²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: yong$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /iɔŋ⁴⁴/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: ion$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /iɒ̃⁵³/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ciòng / iǒ̤ng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siɔŋ⁴²/, /iɔŋ²¹/
* ciòng - vernacular;
* iǒ̤ng - literary.
* Middle Chinese: yangX
Rime :
| Character | 癢 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 以 (36) |
| Final (韻) | 陽 (105) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 餘兩切 |
| Baxter | yangX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /jɨɐŋ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /jiɐŋ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /iɑŋ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /jɨaŋ$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /iaŋ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /jĭaŋ$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /i̯aŋ$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yǎng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | joeng$^5$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*Cə.ɢaŋʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*laŋʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 癢 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | yǎng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ yang$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*Cə.ɢaŋʔ/ |
| English | itch |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 癢 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 14614 |
| Phonetic component | 養 |
| Rime group | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 養 |
| Old Chinese | /*laŋʔ/ |
| Notes | 見禮記同癢 |

### Definitions

癢
* itchy; ticklish
    撓癢／挠痒 ― náoyǎng ― to scratch an itch
    我這兒很癢。／我这儿很痒。 ― Wǒ zhèr hěn yǎng. ― I'm itchy here.
* itching to do something

#### Synonyms

* (itchy):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 癢 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 癢, 癢癢, 刺撓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 癢 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 癢 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 刺撓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 刺撓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 癢, 刺撓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 癢, 刺撓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 癢 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 癢 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 癢癢, 細癢, 刺撓, 刺癢 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 癢, 刺撓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 癢 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 刺撓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 刺撓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 癢, 刺撓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 癢 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 癢 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 癢 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 癢癢 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 癢 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 癢 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 癢 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 癢 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 癢, 癢癢 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 癢, 癢癢, 刺撓 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 癢 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 癢, 刺撓 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 癢 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 癢癢 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 癢, 癢癢 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 癢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 刺撓 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 癢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 癢癢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 咬人 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 癢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 癢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 癢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 癢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 癢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 癢, 咬人, 咬 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 癢, 咬人 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 癢, 咬 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 癢, 咬 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 癢, 癢癢, 刺撓 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 癢, 癢癢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 咬 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 癢, 刺撓 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 癢 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 癢 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 癢 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 癢 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 癢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 癢, 咬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 癢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 癢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 癢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 癢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 癢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 癢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 癢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 癢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 癢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 癢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 癢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 癢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 癢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 癢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 癢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 癢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 癢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 癢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 癢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 癢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 癢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 癢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 癢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 癢, 咬 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 癢 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 癢 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 癢, 癢癢 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 癢 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 癢 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 癢 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 癢 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 癢 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 癢 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 痕, 癢 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 痕, 痕癢 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 癢, 痎 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 痎 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 痎 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 痎 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 痎 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 痎 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 癢 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 癢 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 痕 |
| Cantonese | Nanning (Tanka) | 痕 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 痎 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 痕 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Jintian) | 痕 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Mule) | 痕 |
| Cantonese | Pingnan | 痕 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Gangcheng) | 痕 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Pingdong) | 痕 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 痕 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 痎 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 痕 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 痎 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 痕 |
| Cantonese | Sarikei (Xinhui) | 痎 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 痕 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 痕 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 痕 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 癢 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 癢 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 痎 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Xihe) | 癢 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 痎 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 痎 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 癢 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 癢 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 痎 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 癢 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 癢 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 癢 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 痎 |
| Hakka | Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) | 癢 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 痎 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 癢 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 癢 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 癢, 癢癢, 刺癢 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 癢 |
| Jin | Datong | 癢 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 咬人, 咬 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 癢, 咬搔 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 癢 |
| Jin | Linhe | 癢, 咬 |
| Jin | Jining | 癢, 咬 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 癢, 圪搔, 刺撓 |
| Jin | Baotou | 咬 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 咬 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 咬 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 咬 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 癢癢 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 癢 |
| Jin | Handan | 癢 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 癢 |
| Jin | Suide | 咬 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 癢 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 癢 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 癢, 擽, 刺鑿, 刺頁 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 癢, 擽, 刺鑿, 刺頁 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 癢, 擽 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 癢 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 癢 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 癢 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 癢 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 癢 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 癢 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 癢 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 癢 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 癢 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 癢 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 癢, gatai |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 癢 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 癢 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 癢 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 癢 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 癢 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 癢 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 痎 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 癢 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 癢 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 癢 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 癢 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 痕 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 癢, 肉癢 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 癢 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 癢 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 癢 |

### Compounds

* 七年之癢 / 七年之痒 (qīniánzhīyǎng)
* 不痛不癢 / 不痛不痒 (bùtòngbùyǎng)
* 不知疼癢 / 不知疼痒
* 不知痛癢 / 不知痛痒
* 不禁技癢 / 不禁技痒
* 不著痛癢 / 不着痛痒
* 不覺技癢 / 不觉技痒
* 不通痾癢 / 不通疴痒
* 不關痛癢 / 不关痛痒 (bùguāntòngyǎng)
* 伎癢 / 伎痒
* 刺癢 / 刺痒
* 呵癢 / 呵痒
* 嘴癢 / 嘴痒
* 心煩技癢 / 心烦技痒
* 心癢 / 心痒
* 心癢難揉 / 心痒难揉
* 心癢難搔 / 心痒难搔
* 心癢難撓 / 心痒难挠
* 心癢難撾 / 心痒难挝
* 心癢難熬 / 心痒难熬
* 怕痛怕癢 / 怕痛怕痒
* 急癢 / 急痒
* 怕癢樹 / 怕痒树
* 悶癢 / 闷痒
* 手癢 / 手痒 (shǒuyǎng)
* 扒癢 / 扒痒
* 抓癢 / 抓痒 (zhuāyǎng)
* 技癢 / 技痒 (jìyǎng)
* 抓著癢處 / 抓着痒处
* 揉著癢處 / 揉着痒处
* 搔到癢處 / 搔到痒处
* 搔癢 / 搔痒 (sāoyǎng)
* 搔著癢處 / 搔着痒处
* 撓癢 / 挠痒 (náoyǎng)
* 撓癢癢 / 挠痒痒 (náo yǎngyang)
* 撥著癢處 / 拨着痒处
* 櫛垢爬癢 / 栉垢爬痒
* 止癢 / 止痒 (zhǐyǎng)
* 浮皮蹭癢 / 浮皮蹭痒
* 淚癢 / 泪痒
* 無關痛癢 / 无关痛痒 (wúguāntòngyǎng)
* 煞癢 / 煞痒
* 熱癢癢 / 热痒痒
* 爪癢 / 爪痒
* 爬癢 / 爬痒
* 牙根癢癢 / 牙根痒痒
* 牙癢癢 / 牙痒痒
* 疥癢 / 疥痒
* 痕癢 / 痕痒
* 痟癢 / 痟痒
* 痛癢 / 痛痒 (tòngyǎng)
* 痛癢無關 / 痛痒无关
* 痛癢相關 / 痛痒相关
* 痾癢 / 疴痒
* 瘙癢 / 瘙痒 (sàoyǎng)
* 瘙癢病 / 瘙痒病
* 癢剌剌 / 痒剌剌
* 癢噱噱 / 痒噱噱
* 癢如如 / 痒如如
* 癢心 / 痒心
* 癢技 / 痒技
* 癢滋滋 / 痒滋滋
* 癢癢 / 痒痒 (yǎngyang)
* 癢癢筋兒 / 痒痒筋儿
* 癢苛 / 痒苛
* 癢處 / 痒处
* 癢酥酥 / 痒酥酥
* 發癢 / 发痒 (fāyǎng)
* 的羞剔癢 / 的羞剔痒
* 皮癢 / 皮痒
* 皮風騷癢 / 皮风骚痒
* 皮鬆骨癢 / 皮松骨痒
* 看人屙屎屎窟癢 / 看人屙屎屎窟痒
* 知疼著癢 / 知疼着痒
* 膝癢搔背 / 膝痒搔背
* 苛癢 / 苛痒
* 隔靴抓癢 / 隔靴抓痒
* 隔靴搔癢 / 隔靴搔痒 (géxuēsāoyǎng)
* 靴背爪癢 / 靴背爪痒
* 頭癢搔跟 / 头痒搔跟
* 麻姑搔癢 / 麻姑搔痒

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* itchy
    Synonym: 痒

#### Readings

* Go-on: よう (yō)
* Kan-on: よう (yō)
* Kun: かゆい (kayui, 癢い)

#### Compounds

* 伎(ぎ)癢(よう), 技(ぎ)癢(よう) (giyō)
* 掻(そう)癢(よう)／搔(そう)癢(よう) (sōyō)
* 痛(つう)癢(よう) (tsūyō)

## Korean
### Hanja

癢 • (yang) (hangeul 양, revised yang, McCune–Reischauer yang, Yale yang)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

癢: Hán Nôm readings: dưỡng, ngứa
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